Example sentences of "[noun] she [verb] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Mrs Courtley had told the CHC of an incident when the ambulance she called took an hour to arrive . |
2 | My sister Ann she 's delivered a couple of children herself . |
3 | Oh aye , she 's er , she 's done a , she 's done a course and hearing aid she 's done a course and a |
4 | On her way to her desk she tried to collect a beaker of iced water but the machine was empty and a knot of querulous men were standing around it demanding something be done . |
5 | long , very nice , very posh , erm I do n't know what me dad 's is like , er me mum was laughing er yesterday erm with er doing all this work she 'd done a load of washing and pegged it all out and when she 'd got in from work dad had ironed it all |
6 | Bringing her mind back to the keys she suggested having a photograph taken so that there would be a record of them if it was ever needed . |
7 | She did n't find it , but buried right down at the bottom she did find a tape cassette in a box . |
8 | The very fact that over the past few snow starved winters she has compiled a guide book to Nordic ski touring in Scotland , is sufficient testimony to this characteristic . |
9 | He 'd bet twenty.dollars she 'd had a fender bender and that the car looked like a concertina . |
10 | As a child she had had a piggy bank ; she could recall the physical satisfaction of its jingling weight in her hands . |
11 | Shannon had never been able to believe that ; as a child she 'd seen a photograph of her father , and even then she 'd been stunned to silence by his incredible good looks . |
12 | The liminal position of the female voice with regard to the texts she translates provides an illustration of this ‘ female ’ tendency to undermine distinctions . |
13 | He discovered that as a girl she had had a passion for Stendhal , so had he , and they talked about Julien Sorel and Tolstoi and Rimbaud . |
14 | In her first defence , Esther Dyson admitted by signs she had borne a child , but had pulled its head off when delivering it herself . |
15 | But in her heart she had felt a pang of unease . |
16 | Then in case she had given an impression that London was not as good as here , she added , ‘ But there 's plenty of cabs . ’ |
17 | ‘ Yes , it was good , ’ she replied , rather vexed in case she had betrayed a lack of appreciation by standing up too quickly . |
18 | ‘ In case she 'd had an accident or something ? ’ suggested Dalziel sympathetically . |
19 | It was that same look she had caught a glimpse of earlier . |
20 | How many times she had felt a lift of excitement when she saw that sign and knew that Riverstown was only ten minutes away . |
21 | In five minutes she 'd fashioned a ring out of the wire . |
22 | I do n't suppose for one moment she has given a thought to what life might be like if she had to ‘ make do ’ married to someone who was n't too well off . |
23 | From their discarded belongings she had made a museum that recorded forty years of family history . |
24 | At one point she 'd given a talk on Sky TV about all the signs to look for in a youngster abusing solvents . |
25 | At one point she had joined a group of these elderly relatives , women either widowed , de-childed or , their men at the bar talking men 's talk , temporarily joined in huddle with sisters . |
26 | Thank goodness she had married a visionary like Stephen . |
27 | Yes , the tour was definitely looking up a little , and only the previous evening she had written a card to her daughter to say that in spite of a death and a theft and a murder she was ‘ beginning to make one or two very nice friends on the trip ’ . |
28 | In the process she had made a lightning circumnavigation of the British Isles and was now steaming hard down the west coast while we returned by the eastern route . |
29 | And in the process she has developed a character who is a real Valentine card . |
30 | They ordered , sipped drinks , and Therese was conscious that it was the first time for years she had eaten a meal alone with a man . |